Mob and Organized Crime Movies-THE LIST

Where ever you go on the internet you can find list's of mob movies such as the godfather,casino,goodfellas and such....well i think this is a list of movies that avoids the spotlight a lil bit!Maybe i forgot some movies but ill leave that to you fellas.
salute!

1.A Prophet
2.Animal Kingdom
3.Avenging Angelo
4.Bella Mafia
5.Billy Bathgate
6.Boss Of Bosses
7.BROOKLYN RULES
8.Bugsy
9.Capone
10.Chicago Overcoat
11.Excellent Cadavers
12.Gomorrah
13.Hoffa
14.I Cento Passi
15.Il Capo Dei Capi
16.Ill Divo
17.Knockaround guys
18.La Siciliana Ribelle
19.Le Clan Des Siciliens
20.Le Conseguenze Dell'Amore
21.Lucky Luciano
22.Mesrine
23.Perriers Bounty
24.Pusher Trilogy
25.Running Scared
26.Staten Island
27.The Business
28.Thief
30.Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead

Thanks for this list, will have to check some of these out as i've only ever heard of a few of these..

Here's some movies i may have missed...

1.London Boulevard
2.Ruby
3.Street Boss
4.The Sicilian
5.The Valachi Papers
6.The Funeral
7.The Long Good Friday

I've seen "The Sicilian", terrible film..

Yes i think you are right,but i think it shows the real robin hood sindrome that clashes with the mobs interests.

I think it was in his Booknotes interview for Underboss that Peter Maas said that The Valachi Papers was one of the worst movies ever.

Anyone seen it?

My opinion is that the only mistake in the movie is Charles Bronson(no disrespect)...everything else is perfect!

other few "out of the spotlight" movies.....

1.Prizzi's Honor
2.At The Sinatra Club
3.Kansas City(1996)
4.Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
5.Suicide Kings

You said it!
Just awful.

An unsung winner: "Honor Thy Father," a TV film starring Joseph Bologna, Raf Vallone, Richard Castellano and Brenda Vaccaro. Very good.

Witness to the Mob
Chicago Overcoat

yes "witness to the mob"...last time i saw it was long time ago but i prefer "Gotti"

out of both films gotti and witness to the mob. i think that hbo should have produced the latter. Gotti seemed to pro gotti and made him out tobe some kind of hero. Witness was alot more darker and gritty but was on some shitty channel that didnt allow swearing and graphic violence, Gravano wasnt made out to be a hero in that.

yes i think you're right but i also think that in "witness to the mob" they made Gravano look a little bit innocent in the story..like he had to do it...it was he's only exit!

I saw "Chicago Overcoat" on cable. Definitely worth a look but I would not have rented it out right. Frank Vincent is the perfect mobster - not too many actors have "mafioso" written all over their face!

True words my friend!Him and Tony Lo Bianco.A real mob faces allright!:)

True, though the impression the film leaves at the end is that gravano is a remorceless killer. In Gotti they tried to make it out like gotti was disgusted with gravanos violent ways and that he was some sort of robin hood character, when in reality gravano played an integral part in his rise and also his survival through that time with the threat of getting killed and the car bombing.

Heres some other movies that can be added to the list....

1.Before the devil knows you're dead
2.Brooklyn's Finest
3.Empire
4.The Cotton Club
5.Harlem Nights
6.True Romance

Your right Scorsese,the producers of the movies always add some fiction in their work of their own view or someone elses,as for gotti and gravano...the thing is they betrayed each other.

What about these films

Sugar Hill(1993)
Carlitos Way
King of New York
In too deep
In Bruges

I enjoyed, Carlitos Way, In too deep, I also believe I saw King of New York, who was in that ?

Sorry will have to check out Sugar Hill and In Bruges. If you could share something about them it would be appreciated.

TY,

Frosty

Yes "In Burges" is a good one,same with "King of New York" but never saw "Sugar Hill".I thought it was "Sugar Time" the movie about Sam Giancana and Phyllis McGuire.As for "Carlitos Way" i think that it belongs in the spotlight movies right?

"In Burges" is a hitman's story with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson

a bronx tale? thats amazing i think

Yes it is!Used to be my favorite movie when i was a kid.

A Serbian movie called "Rane" aka "The Wounds" from 1998.Its about the growth of the serbian criminal gangs in the 90's.The Movie is with english subtitles and it can be found on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qO_tPnVZSY

other movies.....

1.Romeo is Bleeding
2.State Of Grace
3.Sexy Beast
4.13 a.k.a. Thirteen

Jamaican organized crime movie "Shottas" 2011,heres the trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlgBo08SyKE

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A cool movie about political organized crime called "Casino Jack" 2010 starring Kevin Spacey as lobbyist Jack Abramoff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZFftr303Os&feature=related

Movie about the Albanian Mob called "Dossier K"!
The trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBhPbQe9t7I&feature=related

1) Snatch
2) Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels
3) Layer Cake
4) Rock 'n' Rolla
5) Bank Job (Based on a true story)
6) Rise of the foot soldier (Based on a true story)

All fairly recent British films and all brilliant, the oldest is Lock Stock which I think is probably knocking on for 10 years now (Possibly older?). Bank Job is a great film, a true story about some photographs of the English royal's which were stolen and Rise of the foot soldier charters to story of the 'Essex Boys' who were murdered in a gangland execution back in 1995.

Thanks for the list English,never saw before Layer Cake and Rise of the foot soldier!My favorites are Rock'n'Rolla and Lock,Stock and two Smoking Barrels

interesting movie called "The Public Eye" from 1992 with Joe Pesci...almost forgoth that it ever existed.Its about a photographer from back in the 40's,took pictures from gangsters dead bodies even before the police arrived and he caught him self in the middle of a mob turf war...nice story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3cjZPwjCg

"Billy Bathgate"---> Great book, horrible movie. Seeing Nicole Kidman naked is the only redeeming feature.

"Thief"-->Saw it again recently, a great early Michael Mann flick. Can see some early elements that he used in HEAT. Good realistic potrayal, and loved the heist scenes. Supposedly, Mann employed real safecrackers as technical advisors to make it look more realistic. A true gem, IMO Caan was his usual bad-ass self.

Nice scene,saw this movie long time ago and i had a refreshment yesterday...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzPCcwChewM

1. The Pope of Greenwich Village. This is what it is like being an Italian-American growing up in NYC. They pinned it. Also a great Book.

2. There are two movies 'The Thief'; I prefered the
latter w/Alex Baldwin in the starring role. Sonny Caen was in the earlier film.

3.On the Waterfront. How could anyone forget it. It is The Mob Movie.

4. Joe Montagna lovers-- 'Things Change' w/Don Ameche.

5. Reaching way back-- Public Enemy w/James Cagny-- The best gangster role ever.

6. Little Ceaser w/Edward G. Robinson. Another knock yer socks off older film.

Bogart, Robinson & Cagny made dozens of organized crime films back in the 1930s thru the 1950s. Also Richard Widmark made a big splash into the genre, though by that time it was being called film noir. Also the French have made alotta gangster films. See 'Breathless', the French film not the Hollywood version. It's the French 'Goodfellas', giving a background of the life of a French criminal Foot Soldier.

I hate to nitpick, but for number 2 its ALEC Baldwin and the films you refer to are Thief (1981) and Thick as Thieves (1999). Dont mind me

And another thing, YOU LIKED THICK AS THIEVES MORE THAN THE MASTERPIECE THAT IS THIEF? I am astonished and heart broken that such an opinion exists.

James Caan...yeeee

Rise of the footsoldier is brilliant imo not alot of peoople have seen it though.

Couple of other British films i didn't see mentioned .

1. Get Carter (Michael Caine not Sly)
2. Sexy beast
3. The Krays

That's alotta nitpickin' for not wanting to.

I said it out of love!

LOL, first time I laffed all day. Thanx.

I just finished watching 'The Enforcer' w/Joe Pesce co-starring. Also has Frank Vincent in a smaller role, But the kicker was Martin Scorcese's parents were in it. Father is a face in the crowd but Mom has a small speaking role. It's on YouTube. The name is The Enforcer or Mob Enforcer from 1976. Good movie on its own.

Forgive me; it's 'Family Enforcer'. I'm gettin' old.

Interesting new movie called "Get The Gringo" starring Mel Gibson,its about this mexican prison but very unusual and he was sent for stealing money from a crime boss,its an old school movie,Gibson style ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bui8shxlYl0